Nonrenewable Resources Chapter 17 Test

Why are fossil fuels so widely used?

• they have an endless supply
• they are relatively inexpensive and readily available
• they are not harmful to the environment
• all of the above

Which of the following are design features shared by coal and nuclear power plants?

• rods and cones
• generator and turbines
• combustion chamber and reator core
• all of the above

Why has the production of nuclear power plants slowed?

• fossil fuels are a cheaper alternative
• nuclear reactors are unsafe
• large quatities of greenhouse gasses are produced by nuclear reactors
• fusion is better than fission

Which is a direct use of fossil fuels?

• nuclear reactor
• oil furnace
• wood burning fireplace
• electric generator

Power plants use nuclear fusion to split atoms to produce energy.

• true
• false

Uranium is used in nuclear power plants.

• True
• False

Nuclear power plants use fusion to combine atoms to make nuclear energy.

• True
• False

Nuclear power plants use fission to split uranium atoms and make power for electricity.

• True
• False

Why are fossil fuels considered non-renewable?

• because the dinosours that made them are all gone
• because they are under the ocean where we can't reach them
• because we are using them faster than they are still being made.

Which is not a concern of using nuclear energy?

• release of greenhouse gasses
• nuclear chain reaction
• high costs
• safe storage of spent fuel